Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Bob Wethern Papers
1950-2008
Cage 748
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Series 1: "Celebrity Anglers" correspondence, 1950-2008
- Series 2: "The Waterfowler's Pacific Flyway," 1980-2005
- Series 3: Other Correspondence, 1952-2008
- Series 4: Wethern's writings, speeches, and Flyline editorial notes
- Series 5: Photographs
- Series 6: Audio recordings, undated (circa 1970s-1990s)
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Wethern, Robert E.
- Title
- Bob Wethern Papers
- ID
- Cage 748
- Date [inclusive]
- 1950-2008
- Extent
- 10 Linear Feet of Shelf Space, 19 boxes
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and writings by Bob Wethern and others.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Bob Wethern papers, 1950-2008
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Bob Wethern (1921-2008) was born in Walla Walla, Washington to Milton and Rita Wethern. After attending schools in Washington and Minnesota, he entered the University of Idaho, where he majored in journalism. While a student, he became the sports editor of the Daily Idahonian.
Beginning in 1946, Wethern worked as a reporter and photographer at the Bremerton Sun, leaving in 1957 to take a position at the National Association of Manufacturers in Portland, Oregon, where he remained until his retirement in 1979.
Wethern's interest in sports and outdoor writing extended beyond his work as a journalist, and continued throughout his life. He edited a series of angling histories, the Rivers of Oregon, and played an important role in preparing the work of other writers for publication, including Lee Richardson and Robert H. Smith.
He was a charter member of the Flyfishers Club of Oregon, and also belonged to the Tau Epsilon fraternity, the Oregon Society of Association Executives, Toastmasters International, the Tacoma Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Federation of Fly Fishermen.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and writings by Bob Wethern and others.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in six series:
Series 1: "Celebrity Anglers" correspondence, 1950-2008
Series 2: "The Waterfowler's Pacific Flyway," 1980-2005
Series 3: Other Correspondence, 1952-2008
Series 4: Wethern's writings, speeches, and Flyline editorial notes
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Audio recordings, undated (circa 1970s-1990s)
Many of the photographs in the collection are located in Series 5, but some are filed elsewhere; in cases where Wethern filed photographs along with other related documents, these have been kept together.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Acquisition Information
Gwen Wethern donated these papers to the Washington State University Libraries in 2009.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2009-2010 by Robert Staab.
Related Materials
Related Material
Bob Wethern Papers, 1990-2006 (Cage 726)
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Wethern, Robert E. -- Archives.
Subject(s)
- Waterfowl.
- Birds -- Migration -- Pacific Coast (North America)
- Fowling.
- Fishing.
- Fishing -- Anecdotes.
- Fisheries and Wildlife
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: "Celebrity Anglers" correspondence, 1950-2008 |
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| box | folder | |||
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Abel, Richard, 1978-1989 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Allevras, John, 2001-2002 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Amato, Frank, 2004-2008 |
1 | 3-4 | ||
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Anderson, Hurbert, 1991-2008 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Anderson, Ken, 1966 |
1 | 6 | ||
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Angler's Club of New York, 1965-1971 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Ayers, Jack, 1977-1984 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Barnes, Pat, undated |
1 | 9 | ||
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Bartley, Leland, 1975-1976 |
1 | 10 | ||
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Barton, Roger, 1986-2003 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Bates, Don, Sr., 1980-1999 |
1 | 12-13 | ||
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Baughman, Michael, 2005-2008 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Beatty, Robert O., 1965-1974 |
1 | 15 | ||
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Bennett, Thorson, 1966-1975 |
1 | 16 | ||
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Berryman, Jack, 1985-2007 |
2 | 1 | ||
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Bishop, Mort, 1991-1996 |
2 | 2 | ||
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Blackstone, Bill, 1990-2007 |
2 | 3 | ||
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Bliss, Edwin, 1978-1997 |
2 | 4 | ||
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Bourgault, Paul, 2004 |
2 | 5 | ||
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Brayshore, Tommy, 1976 |
2 | 6 | ||
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Brooks, Anson, 1965-1992 |
2 | 7-9 | ||
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Brooks, Anson, Jr. (Andy), 1966-2000 |
2 | 10 | ||
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Brooks, Charles, 1978 |
2 | 11 | ||
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Brown, Bache, 2003 |
2 | 12 | ||
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Brown, Bob, 2003 |
2 | 13 | ||
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Burns, Eugene, 1953 |
2 | 14 | ||
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Butts, Ben, 1974-1979 |
2 | 15 | ||
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Callaghan, Dan and Mary Kay, 1984-2008 |
2 | 16 | ||
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Chapin, Roy D., 1959-1971 |
2 | 17 | ||
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Clark, Greg, 1976-1977 |
2 | 18 | ||
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Cole, Calvin, 1999 |
2 | 19 | ||
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Collins, Gren, 1984 |
2 | 20 | ||
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Combs, Trey, 1970-1976 |
2 | 21 | ||
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Costello, Earle, 2004-2007 |
3 | 1 | ||
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Craig, A.P. "Gus," 1973-1991 |
3 | 2 | ||
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Cushner, Bill, 1989-1992 |
3 | 3 | ||
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Delaney, Mick, 1994-2006 |
3 | 4 | ||
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Dines Bruce, 1965-1971 |
3 | 5 | ||
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Drain, Wes, 1950-1988 |
3 | 6 | ||
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Dufresne, Frank, 1988-1989 |
3 | 7 | ||
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Dvorak, Ed, Jr., 1994 |
3 | 8 | ||
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Egan, Van, 1977-2008 |
3 | 9-13 | ||
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Elder, H.F.D., 1973 |
3 | 14 | ||
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Estabrook, Gary, 1982-2005 |
3 | 15 | ||
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Eustice, John, 2004-2005 |
3 | 16 | ||
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Fairchild, Julia, 1973-1985 |
4 | 1-2 | ||
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Finnerty, Dean, 2007 |
4 | 3 | ||
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Gerds, Fritz K., 2003 |
4 | 4 | ||
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Gillespie, Glenn, 2005 |
4 | 5 | ||
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Glasso, Syd, 1966-2005 |
4 | 6 | ||
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Gipson, Jordan and Jim, 1987-1994 |
4 | 7 | ||
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Grant, George, 2008 |
4 | 8 | ||
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Green, Joshua III, 1984-1991 |
4 | 9 | ||
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Haas, Evelyn D., 2000 |
4 | 10 | ||
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Haig-Brown, Roderick, 1974-1975 |
4 | 12 | ||
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Hammond, James D., 1968-1992 |
4 | 12-14 | ||
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Haines, Donald, 2008 |
4 | 15 | ||
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Handy, Herbert C., 1970-1989 |
4 | 16 | ||
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Hayden, Brace, 1971-1979 |
4 | 17 | ||
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Heath, Henry, 1973-1975 |
4 | 18 | ||
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Heath, Henry, 1973-1975 (continued) |
5 | 1 | ||
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Heddon, Jack, 1989-1990 |
5 | 2 | ||
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Hedge, Marvin, 2004 |
5 | 3 | ||
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Hemingway, Jack, undated |
5 | 4 | ||
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Henke, Ed, 1979-1996 |
5 | 5-6 | ||
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Hemming, Robert, 1971-2000 |
5 | 7-8 | ||
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Hidy, Lance, 1977 |
5 | 9 | ||
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Hidy, Vernon, 1966-2005 |
5 | 10-12 | ||
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Holland, Roy, 1957-1976 |
5 | 13 | ||
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Hosfield, J. David, 1999-2005 |
6 | 1 | ||
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Howell, Joe, undated |
6 | 2 | ||
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Hughes, Dave, 1995-2004 |
6 | 3 | ||
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Hurn, David, 1984-1988 |
6 | 4 | ||
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Husband, John, 1990-2008 |
6 | 5 | ||
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Ingals, Mable, 1980 |
6 | 6 | ||
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Jackson, Alec, 1980-2003 |
6 | 7-9 | ||
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Johnson, Ernie, 1983 |
6 | 10 | ||
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Johnson, Samuel S., 1971-1984 |
6 | 11 | ||
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Johnson, Walt, 1990-2202 |
6 | 12 | ||
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Jorge, Fritz, 1992-1996 |
6 | 13 | ||
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Kennedy, Bill, 1986-1999 |
7 | 1-2 | ||
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Kennedy, Mike, 1981-2005 |
7 | 3 | ||
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Knudsen, Al, undated |
7 | 4 | ||
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Labbe, Randy, 1993-2005 |
7 | 5 | ||
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Lafollette, Joel, 1971-2008 |
7 | 6 | ||
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Landers, Ed, 1974-1980 |
7 | 7 | ||
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Lawrence, Bill, 2003 |
7 | 8 | ||
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Leary, Bill, 1990-2002 |
7 | 9 | ||
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Lehman, Sam, 1973-2007 |
7 | 10 | ||
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Lewis, Harvey, "Three Rivers Ranch," 1994 |
7 | 11 | ||
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Lincoln, Tom, 2002 |
7 | 12 | ||
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Lingron, Art, 1979-2005 |
7 | 13 | ||
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Lopez, Barry, 1998-1999 |
7 | 14 | ||
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Lowery, Bob, 1992-2006 |
7 | 15 | ||
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Lyons, Nick, 1993-1996 |
7 | 16 | ||
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Mason, Tate, 1993-1996 |
7 | 17 | ||
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Maxwell, Jessica, 2003-2004 |
7 | 18 | ||
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Mayer, Barry, 1993-2007 |
7 | 19 | ||
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NcNae, Bruce, 1994-1996 |
7 | 20 | ||
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McMahon, William, 1987-2000 |
8 | 1 | ||
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McPhee, John, 2006 |
8 | 2 | ||
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Mikl, Lee, 1974-1980 |
8 | 3 | ||
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Miller, Alfred, "Sparse Grey Hackle," 1965-1993 |
8 | 4 | ||
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Miller, Rick, 2002 |
8 | 5 | ||
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Monkhouse, Dixie, 1994-2005 |
8 | 6 | ||
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Moxley, Ed, 1990-2005 |
8 | 7 | ||
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Myer, Jerry, 1992-1994 |
8 | 8 | ||
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Nelson, Bill, 1966-2007 |
8 | 9-10 | ||
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Niemeyer, Ted, undated |
8 | 11 | ||
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Orrelle, John, undated |
8 | 12 | ||
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Ottevaere, Alex, 1958-1978 |
8 | 13-14 | ||
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Patrick, Fay and Roy, 1980-1983 |
8 | 15 | ||
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Perkins, Leigh, 1992 |
8 | 16 | ||
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Piggott, Doug, 1970-2003 |
8 | 17 | ||
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Pittard, Ron, 1978-2003 |
8 | 18 | ||
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Potts, Mike, 1997 |
8 | 19 | ||
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Price, Walt, 1985 |
8 | 20 | ||
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Radoumis, Tom and Joni, 1997-2007 |
9 | 1-2 | ||
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Raines, Howell, 2006 |
9 | 3 | ||
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Rajeff, Brothers, undated |
9 | 4 | ||
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Raymond, Steve, 1966-2006 |
9 | 5 | ||
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Read, Stanley, 1979-1980 |
9 | 6 | ||
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Ritz, Charles, 1966 |
9 | 7 | ||
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Rebele, Rowland, 1969-2004 |
9 | 8-9 | ||
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Redfern, Don, 1964-1965 |
9 | 10 | ||
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Reed, Nat, 2006-2008 |
9 | 11 | ||
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Richardson, Lee, 1974-1984 |
9 | 12 | ||
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Rosborough, Polly, 1966-2008 |
9 | 13 | ||
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Roskelly, Fenton, 1966-2008 |
9 | 14 | ||
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Roskelly, Fenton, 1966-2008 (continued) |
10 | 1 | ||
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Saunders, A.R., "Bill," 1963-1968 |
10 | 2 | ||
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Schulleny, Paul, 1999-2008 |
10 | 3 | ||
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Schwiebert, Ernest, undated |
10 | 4 | ||
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Silver, Jerry, 1985-2000 |
10 | 5 | ||
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Slaymaker, S.R., 1973 |
10 | 6 | ||
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Smith, Bob, 1978-2002 |
10 | 7-8 | ||
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Smith, Greg L., 1997-2004 |
10 | 9 | ||
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Stauffer, W.K. "Chip," 1972 |
10 | 10 | ||
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Stewart, Gary, 2006-2008 |
10 | 11-12 | ||
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Taylor, Art, 1969-1983 |
10 | 13 | ||
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Thompson, John, undated |
10 | 14 | ||
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Tobin, H.C., "Major," 1972-2008 |
10 | 15 | ||
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Toping, Gary, 1988-1996 |
10 | 16 | ||
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Trotter, Pat, 1977-1998 |
10 | 17 | ||
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Wahl, Ralph, 1990-2004 |
10 | 18 | ||
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Ward, Eddie, 1965 |
10 | 19 | ||
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Watson, Bob, 2003 |
10 | 20 | ||
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Wethern, Ralph, 1993-1994 |
10 | 21 | ||
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Wickwire, Bob, 1969 |
11 | 1 | ||
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Williamson, Dick, 1991-2008 |
11 | 2-3 | ||
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Wolf, Lee, 1977 |
11 | 4 | ||
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Worchester, Thomas, 1984-2005 |
11 | 5 | ||
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Wright, Phil, 1965-1971 |
11 | 6 | ||
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Series 2: "The Waterfowler's Pacific Flyway," 1980-2005 |
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Subseries 2.1: Manuscript and related materials |
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| box | folder | |||
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Carson Pond, 1989-1990 |
11 | 7 | ||
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Mallards, 1986 |
11 | 8 | ||
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Miscellaneous: calligraphic captions |
11 | 9 | ||
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Provo, Patricia, "Nottingham Press," 1991-1998 |
11 | 10 | ||
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"Waterfowler's Western Flyway," 1980-1990 |
11 | 11-12 | ||
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"Beyond the Bottoms" manuscript |
11 | 13-15 | ||
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"Beyond the Bottoms" manuscript (continued) |
12 | 1-3 | ||
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"Beyond the Bottoms," partial draft |
12 | 4 | ||
Subseries 2.2: Dave Hagerbaumer files |
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| box | folder | |||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, 1989-2004 |
12 | 5 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, "Hagerbaumer Story," 1990 |
12 | 6 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, 1986-2004 |
12 | 7 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, "The Western Pacific Flyway" |
12 | 8 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, 1989-2004 |
12 | 9 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, photographs |
12 | 10-11 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, photographs (continued) |
13 | 1-2 | ||
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Hagerbaumer, Dave, 1988-2005 |
13 | 3 | ||
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Miller, Mike, "Wildlife Decoys of the Pacific Coast," 1988-1991 |
13 | 4 | ||
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Newell, Tom (Hagerbaumer), 1994 |
13 | 5 | ||
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Series 3: Other Correspondence, 1952-2008 |
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| box | folder | |||
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Auger, Fred, 1974-2000 |
13 | 6-8 | ||
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Bloch, Arthur, 1979 |
13 | 9 | ||
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Brown, Jerry, 2003-2005 |
13 | 10 | ||
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Buckley, Bruce, 1994-1998 |
13 | 11 | ||
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Bush, Walt, 1952-1972 |
13 | 12 | ||
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Callaghan, Dan "Cabin One," 2005-2007 |
13 | 13 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "Fish God," 2004 |
13 | 14 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "Lake Naivasha," undated |
13 | 15 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "Smith River Stripes," undated |
13 | 16 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "King of the River," undated |
13 | 17 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "Fire in the Hole," undated |
13 | 18 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "In Ahab's Wake," undated |
13 | 19 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "The Ghosts of Dry Falls," undated |
13 | 20 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "The Playboy," undated |
13 | 21 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "My Old Man and the Sea," undated |
13 | 22 | ||
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Croft, Mike, "Predator and Prey," undated |
14 | 1 | ||
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Croft, Mike, 2003-2004 |
14 | 2-3 | ||
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Dickson, Craig, 2005-2008 |
14 | 4 | ||
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Fery, John, 2006 |
14 | 5 | ||
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Florey, Dick, 2001 |
14 | 6 | ||
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Godfrey, Pat, 2006 |
14 | 7 | ||
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Goldstein, Eleanor, 1988-1994 |
14 | 8 | ||
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Greenley, Dale, 2005-2007 |
14 | 9 | ||
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Guterson, David, 1989-1992 |
14 | 10 | ||
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Hamilton, Ladd, 2002 |
14 | 11 | ||
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Hammer, Larry, 1978-1979 |
14 | 12 | ||
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Harms, Donna, 2007 |
14 | 13 | ||
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Hartzell, Ed, 2001-2002 |
14 | 14 | ||
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Howard, Gerald, "Mistah Perkins...He Dead," 1989 |
14 | 15 | ||
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Hupp, Jay, 2008 |
14 | 16 | ||
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Jensen, Ervin and Donna, 2006-2008 |
14 | 17 | ||
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Knechtel, Charles, 2007-2008 |
14 | 18 | ||
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Lund, Jon, 2008 |
14 | 19 | ||
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Lynch, Doug, undated |
14 | 20 | ||
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Mackinnon, Maisie, 2005-2006 |
14 | 21 | ||
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McCallister, Thomas, 2002-2008 |
14 | 22 | ||
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Metzdorft, Mark, 2005-2008 |
14 | 23 | ||
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Moore, Frank, 2005-2008 |
14 | 25 | ||
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Pendleton, Bennett, 1986-2005 |
14 | 26-28 | ||
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Personius, Gordon, 2007-2008 |
15 | 1 | ||
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Rahr, Guido, 2005-2006 |
15 | 2 | ||
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Severeid, Al, "Photos," 1975 |
15 | 3 | ||
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Severeid, Eric, 1971-1972 |
15 | 4 | ||
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Sherman, Joyce, 2005 |
15 | 5 | ||
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Simpich, William, 1981-2004 |
15 | 6 | ||
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VanLoan, Jim, 2008 |
15 | 7 | ||
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Vaughan, Tom, 2006-2008 |
15 | 8 | ||
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Watson, Bob, 2001 |
15 | 9 | ||
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Whipple, Andy, 2007 |
15 | 10 | ||
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Wray, Steve, 2007-2008 |
15 | 11 | ||
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Wright, Jessie, and Lucille Cately, undated |
15 | 12 | ||
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Wunderly, Gus, 2006 |
15 | 13 | ||
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Young, Ross B., 1971-1972 |
15 | 14 | ||
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Zink, Zach, 1995-2001 |
15 | 15 | ||
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Series 4: Wethern's writings, speeches, and Flyline editorial notes |
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| box | folder | |||
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Answers Pending, 2007-2008 |
15 | 16 | ||
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Miscellaneous, 1949-2007 |
15 | 17 | ||
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"Essays" |
15 | 18 | ||
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"Essays" |
15 | 19 | ||
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"Essays" |
15 | 20-21 | ||
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"Maupin Memories" |
16 | 1 | ||
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Miscellaneous |
16 | 2 | ||
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"CYA File," 1975-2008 |
16 | 3 | ||
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"Gray's Sporting Journal," 1994 |
16 | 4 | ||
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"Essay" |
16 | 5 | ||
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Early Kudos for Creel |
16 | 6 | ||
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Mc"Creel Reviews," 2003-2004 |
16 | 7 | ||
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Mc"Creel" miscellaneous kudos, 2003-2004 |
16 | 8 | ||
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"Essays" |
16 | 9-11 | ||
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"Discovering My Connectorship" |
16 | 12 | ||
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"Upward Mobility BD Card" |
16 | 13 | ||
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"Back Casts," 1967-2005 |
16 | 14 | ||
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"Haiku" |
16 | 15 | ||
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Miscellaneous, 2003 |
16 | 16 | ||
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"Memoirs (Hildy)," 1978-2002 |
16 | 17 | ||
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"Book Clubs," 1978 |
16 | 18 | ||
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"Sly as mink," 1978 |
16 | 19 | ||
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"Other People's Quotes, ---" |
16 | 20 | ||
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"Fish Gods" and Croft's Illustrations |
17 | 1 | ||
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"Eagle Creek" |
17 | 2 | ||
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Correspondence with Croft, 2004 |
17 | 3 | ||
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"Flyline," Newsletter of Flyfishers' Club of Oregon, 2001-2008 |
17 | 4 | ||
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"Flyline," Newsletter of Flyfishers' Club of Oregon, 1993-2000 |
17 | 5 | ||
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"Bob's Talks" |
17 | 6 | ||
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Miscellaneous notes, Speeches, etc. |
17 | 7 | ||
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1964-2000 |
17 | 8 | ||
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Miscellaneous |
17 | 9 | ||
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Biography |
17 | 10 | ||
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Series 5: Photographs |
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| box | folder | |||
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"Alaska," 1976 |
18 | 1 | ||
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"New Zealand" |
18 | 2 | ||
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"Blacksmith" |
18 | 3 | ||
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"Beaver Ponds" Western Washington |
18 | 4 | ||
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Miscellaneous photographs and negatives |
18 | 5 | ||
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"Candid Photos," Oregon Fly Clubbers, 1979-1980 |
18 | 6 | ||
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Ottovaere, Alex at Sundown |
18 | 7 | ||
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Beaver Pond, Anson Brooks [?], etc. |
18 | 9 | ||
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Fly Fishing Show, Alaska, 1976 |
18 | 10 | ||
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Collins, Gren, Kuichak Trip, 1979 |
18 | 11 | ||
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"Bella Coola," 1980 April |
18 | 12 | ||
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Series 6: Audio recordings, undated (circa 1970s-1990s) |
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| box | folder | |||
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Audio recordings (standard audiocassettes and microcassettes), mainly of interviews conducted by Bob Wethern |
19 | |||
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